Generous community

November 21, 2012

As Thanksgiving approaches, New Beginnings Angel Mission would like to acknowledge the generosity we received throughout the year.

We personally would like to thank Sandy Goodell. She had faith in us to recommend we direct the mission. She set the wheels in motion to succeed; we picked up and took her direction.

A heartfelt thank you to the Presbytery of Mackinac and Portage Lake United Church parishioners for their faith in our Mission. A special thanks to the consistory, Harold/Liz, Lois, Sherry and husband, Barb, Beth and Ed. A special thank you to Liz and Ed Sheridan for their continuous support, guidance and encouragement throughout the year.

To the staff of River Valley Bank -Calumet, and Bryan Donnelly, thank you whole-heartedly for your continuous efforts this year and the acknowledgment of what we do. We are looking forward to working with you throughout the year.

To Portage Health for the enormous donation of food for our pantry, we thank you. To Aspirus Keweenaw Health Foundation, Dr. and Mrs. Manuel Duron for the backpacks and school supplies. To the AmericInn and Holiday Inn Express for your wonderful contributions, thank you.

Thank you Superior National Bank, Pat's IGA and Louie's Foods for allowing us the boxes in your stores and the specials throughout the year. It helped many people. Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Delta Kappa, Eagle Harbor Ladies Breakfast Club, Mr. and Mrs. Tobias, Mr. and Mrs. Kirkish, Diane Bartono, Sefie, Mr. and Mrs. Art Haapala, Lynn/Richard Simons, Mike Quello, Doug Makala, Brandon, Michelle, Eleanor Perkola, Charmaine, Julie/Olivia Harris and Larry, thanks for your help this year. To our families for putting up with us during hectic special projects and classes, thank you all.

A special thanks to Jamie and Jim Plowe for your continuous support and encouragement. Watching you keeps us going. Judy Parks, thank you for allof your mending. To The Daily Mining Gazette - Julie Sorockman, Susanne Anderson and Kurt Hauglie, WMPL, WOLV, Eagle Radio, WLUC-TV6 and Gabrielle Mays, thanks for all of the advertising and media coverage.

The biggest thank you to this great community we live in who have donated. Without the donations, our doors could not open. The list goes on and I only have 400 words to do this. There are not enough words in the language or on this page to express our thanks and acknowledge everyone by name, but we truly thank you.